document.write( "Question 582651: An airplane flying at an altitude of 32000 feet is headed toward an airport. To guide the airplane to a safe?
\n" ); document.write( "landing, the airport landing system sends radar signals from the runway at a 10 degree angle above the runway. Measured along the ground, how far is the airplane from the airport runway to the nearest foot?
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An airplane flying at an altitude of 32000 feet is headed toward an airport. To guide the airplane to a safe?
\n" ); document.write( "landing, the airport landing system sends radar signals from the runway at a 10 degree angle above the runway. Measured along the ground, how far is the airplane from the airport runway to the nearest foot?
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw the picture.
\n" ); document.write( "You have a right triangle with a 10 degree angle at the ground
\n" ); document.write( "and a 32000 ft side opposite the 10 degree angle.
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for the base.
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\n" ); document.write( "tan(10) = 32000/base
\n" ); document.write( "base = 32000/tan(10) = 181481.0182 ft.
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\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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